Page 8
OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1921.
GEARS CAUSE OF
iSE,
MESH PROPERLY
Franklin Body
Plant Is Now
in Operation
In order to augment its present sup-
! ply of bodies the Franklin Automo
; bile company of Syracuse has reopen-
.' ed its T? ifhmnnfl avcnila bodv nlflnr
Gear noises are objecuonauie mi . cc3rding to word received - by
AUTO RACES JULY 4
AT TAOOMA. WASH.
. WILL DRAW CROWD
two reasons they are not very j Braly Auto company, Franklin dis
pleasant and they indicate abnormal tribntors. This plans, which occupies
operation of the gears, which may sever, floors and has 65.000 square
quickly lead to expensive trouble.
Transmission or axle gears, - though
mounted in a housing, even when in
good condition will emit a slight hum.
for it is almost impossible to operate
two enmeshed gears without there be
ig some slight noise. The noises that
gears make when they are not oper
ating properly are at once detected by
the driver of the car because there
usually is a severe stress in the
sound, a loud howl or some noiso
which is quite different in character
from that given off by two properly
fitted gears.
So far as the engine is .concerned
ihe front end or timing ga?rs usually
run quietly for long periods, but when .
wear sets in, when bearings wear end
wise and force the gears out of pro-1
per mesh, or when chips of foreign
matter get between the - gears there
is an immediate increase in noise
until it becomes a nuisance. ,
Much of the engine noise is due to
these timing gears, the tappets being
secondary. The unfortunate thing is
that when the timing gears do be
come noisy one cannot come upon
the cause of the trouble without ex
amining the gears. They are noisy,
the driver says, and the only way
really to find out why is to take
off the timing case cover, look at the
gears, fell for blacfclasu and enl
play, and then either put in a whole
Fet or a non-metal gear. It is pos
sible often to get a quiel front end
by substituting a fiber or other non
metal gear for a metal one. Where
all metal gears are demanded it is
necessary to match the gears. Uusu
ally one new gear in the train will be
noisy.
feet of floor space, has been closed
since December 1. By J0ne 1 produc
tion of bodies will reach there "a day,
or at the rate of 15 a month.
Employment will be given to 100
men at the body plant, which occupies
two large buildings about a mile dis
tant from the main factory, where
S000 persons are employed. Heavy
demand for closed cars, particularly'
ot the secian type wnicn tTanKlin
first introduced is responsible for
the reopening of the body plant.
OFFICIAL SAYS AUTO IS
!E
DISCARDED TIRES
-MIGHT PROVE WORTH
KEEPING SAYS EXPERT
Mny car owners using tires that
have developed weak places in the
fabric have wondered whether in tha
interests of economy they should
scrap the old tire or spend good money
in an attempt to coax more miles from
it. Innumerable tires are constantly
being discarded before their useful
ness is over
"Before discarding an ol.i tire." say i
J. K Hough, tire sales manager, Good
year Tire & Rubber Company of Cali
fornia, "it is well to show it to a com
petent repairman. He will be able to
determine whether the expenditure in
volved will result in the additional
mileage expected.
"Tire repairmen are not taking tho
long chances they once did. The de
pendable vulcanizer today recom
mends only such work as he believes
will effect a saving to the motorist. If
a repair is inadvisable he will not
recommend it, for every job of that
kinds means a dissatisfied customer.
"There are a number of ways in
which tires apparently worn out can
be made to render much greater mile
age. If the tread of a tire is worn
down, but the tire otherwise in fair
condition, several thousand miles of
service may be secured by having it
retreaded. Often a tire reliner
cemeted on the inside of the casing
will restore or partially restore its or
iginal strength.
That the automobile will be a big
factor in putting business back to
normal is. the statement mde by John
D. Mansfield, general sales manager
of the Dort Motor Car Company, Flint,
Michigan.
"Very few people realise the tre
mendous impetus which motor car
sales have given business in general,"
says Mr. Mansfield. ' It started with
the automobile shows. As in the past
the shows this year were held during
the forepart of the year, right when
the business slump had hit us the
hardest. It would have been impos
sible to have picked a' more logical
time for the shows. New models and
new ears, were brought out and the
feeling of optimism expressed by the
manufacturers was gradually felt by
prospects.
"Today there is no question in the
mind of anyone but what the motor
car is an economic force in our daily
lives. The findings of the National
Automobile Chamber of Commerce,
which prove by exacting research that
90 per cent of all passenger cars are
used more or less for business, shows
graphically, the standing of the mo
tor car in the life of the American
business man. '
"In his notable address delivered
recently, President Harding, speaking
on the subject of good roads, says,
'The motor car has become an indis
pensable instrument in our political,
social and industrial life.'
"The Dort Motor Car company has
always enjoyed a conviction of this
sound conclusion. I might say that
the success of the Dort company has
been based upon this fact. We have
sold transportation knowing that the
efficiency of men in all walks of life
is greatly improved by the use of the
motor car."
TACOMA, Wash., May 7 With the
the ! tenth annual motor car races atTacoma
speedway scheduled for July 4, raciu?
fans of the northwest are looking for
ward to the event with more than
passing interest since the race this
year will serve to attract a big field of
stars for a $25,000 purse has been an
npunced, and this Jarge sum of money
is proving a great temptation for the
men who drive the fast racing crea
tions. .,
The race at the Tacoma track on
July 4 will be for 125 laps of the two-
mile track, or a distance of 250 miles.
This is the largest purse ever offer
ed for a sporting eent on the Pacific
coast. Indications are. that th-e entrie
will reach 20 with not less than I:
and a posible 15 men starting.
Entry blanks have already gone to
drivers over the nation and the re
plies have been favorable to partici
pation in the July 4 classic at the
Tacoma track. The field to choose
from this year includes Tommy Mil
ton, Art Klein, Ralph Mulford, Joe
Boyer, Roscoe Sarles, Eddie Hearnc,
Tom Alley, Edward Miller, Howard
Wilcox, Wilbur D'Alene, Bill Chand
ler, Joe Thomas, Jimmy Murphy,
Goodson, Dalton and others -well
known for their work at the wheel.
From the race at Indianapolis on
May 30 will come several of the well
known stars to be seen in action at
Tacoma on the national holiday. W.
C. Baldwin, president of the Tacoma
iSpeedway association, will attend the
big event at the Indiana metropolis,
and upon his return will have the
complete entry list.
Tacoma speedway officials expect
not less than 40,000 visitors for the
July 4 race, and seating arrangements j
in a huge new grandstand, together
with space for parking thousands of
cars in the field offers race patrons
many points of vantage where the
great sporting event may be witness
ed with comfort.
"There is no quesaion but what we
will have the pick of racing drivers
this year as last," says W. C. Bald
win, the speedway's president. "The
men like the northwest, realize that
the Tacoma track is one of the fastest
in the country, and in addition the bis
purse is a further incentive to try foi
championship honors on the national
holiday.
"We are having many advance in
quiries for reserved seats, which can
always be taken as an indication that
the crowds are coming. The cars to
be entered this year will represent
the very newest creations built, with
watch-like precision for the terrific
grind on the nation's best tracks."
WORLD'S FASTEST GROWING VEGETABLE; NEW CUCUMBER
READY FOR TABLE IN THREE TO FIVE DAYS FROM BLOSSOM
A wonderful cucumber, probably
only exceeded in rapid groT-th by
certain edible bamboos and palms
and which grows from the blossom
- to an edible' stage with amazing
rapidity, has been produced by Fred
A. Howard, the famous scientist of
South Easton, Mas.
When grown und.r proper con
ditions of soil and cultivation it
requires but three or five .days from
the dropping of the blosscm to the
tab!e accordin ; to the climate in
which the cucumbers are grown.
To Distribute Seeds Later.
When jrown under these condi
tions, the day the blossoms drop
from the vine, the tiny cucumbers
appear, and on that first day fre
quently refch an inc in- lenjrth.
On the second day, they are found
to be greatly increased in size. On
tii third to fifth Cay they are of
a size suitable for table use, and
are then at their best, althoue-h
they have not then attained full
size. '
The texture of the flesh of the
. encumber is descril . J as infinitely
more delicate and crisp than that
of any other cucumber. This is due
to its stratlingly rapid growth.
The fibers hava r.o time to develop
is in the case of slow growing cu-
. cumbers. The aroma and flavor are
also exquisitely delicate.
-Mr. Howard plans to arrange for
the free distribution of the seed
later on.
Named for Hon. Jcseph C. Sibley,-
"Mr. Howard's desires are that
the public shall have the advantage
of thia wonderful new vegetable
without cha-ge," saidn associate
of Mr. Howard s, and that anyone
who desires may htve the opportu
nity of cultivating it i;. his or her
back yard, garden, or farm. But he
has not the facilities to grow the
ntw vegetable in great quantity, a.id
even if he had, his 11 Is so fully
occupied with his vry valuable
laboratory work, that it would be
impossible for hi:n to do so. So he
has arranged that Joseph C. Sibley,
former Congressman f.'om Pennsyl
vania, shall propagate the plant at
his experimental farm at Franklin,
Venango County, Pa.,. where Mr.
Sibley maintains one of the most
elaborate and valuable private ex
perimental farms in the United
States. This experimental farm is
operated solely to advise and
demonstrate for the b.. ie.lt of
other farmers and b.eeders, new
and greatly improved methods of
breeding, of plant growth and soil
cultivation. Because Mi. Siblev
unselfishly offers great benefit to
CONSTRUCTION BIDS
FOR THE CANBY
-r
V
Marvelous cucumber'
te&cfy -for obf& in
three Vb days
, -from blossxzm ...
lfoc ess- tkan actual s'ze)
Trf
s v . u- ri
Tred A.f-foword1
no
Tree Surgery
nomics, Mr. Howard has named the ! ing with this now obsolete variety
new cucumber the "Joseph C. !na
Sibley. , nroducpd the niv vript-v wViifh
.Years of Selective Breeding. differs greatly in shape and quality
Mr. Howard has produced the from its Russian ancestor. The
new cucumber after several years i new cucumber, when full size, is
nt- ', ... .... ,
about tne size ot a annjang glass
of intricate selective breedin, . The
initial variety was a eucuml.r
grown in nor iew Russia where
the summers are very short, and
where a fruit or vegetLie, to en
dure and to mature, mus perfect
all interested in agricultural eco- itself with great rapidity. Work-'world.
but with the ends slightly rounded.
Fred A. How: -1 is widely known
as a chemist and physicist. His
great work in leather rectification
is the sensation of the scientifie
U. S. LAND OFFICE
ADOPTS DODGE CAR
AS BEST FOR WORK
New Durant
Car Stands
Well in Tests
Up
OAKLAND, Cal., May 7 "The Du
rant car has been completed, several
have been taken out for severe road
tests through the Alleghany moun
tains and the company is rapidly go
ing into production," announces A. L..
Warmington. controller Durant Motor
Car company of California. "I have
not only seen the car, but have ridden
in it and it is my greatest regret that
I am not authorized at the present
time to make any announcement of
the specifications. I can only say
that it will surprise Durant's most
intimate friends and the automobile
world in general.
Noisy Starter.
N"oise in the starter is a sure sign of
trouble. This condition may be in
duced by broken or badly worn teeth,
a bent armature shaft, a loose arma
teur bearing or teeth badly meshed.
HUGE DRUG RING
AT VANCOUVER
IS BROKEN UP
PORTLAND, May 6. With the ar
rest cf four young soldiers, none much
more than 20 years old, one woman
and e drug addict, the military author
ities Friday believed they had smash
ed a gigantic narcotic ring which has
been operating for some time at the
Vancouver barracks.
Warrants were issued for the ap
prehension of two other soldiers, d
serters, who were believed to have
been the ringleaders .of the gang, acu
a nation-wide search has been insti
gated for the men.
The breaking up of the ring came as
the result of the effort of the gang
in smashing into the post hospital at
the barracks and stealing narcotics
with a retail value variously estimat
ed at between $20,000 and $10,000.
The arrest of the six persons and
the solving of the hospital robbery
was brought about through the co
operation of the local federal revenue
officers and department of justice ag
ents, with the military authorities at
Vancouver barracks.
Three of the soldiers, Austin E.
Truman, Cleo C- Bain and Scotty
Hardy, were placed In. solitary con
finement at Vancouver barracks. The
fourth soldier, Joseph Boyle, was held
incommunicado, at the Multnomaa
county jail, as was the woman in the
case, Estella Clark. The authorities
charged that the home of the Clark
woman in Portland was used as thn
distributing center for the narcotics
stolen by the soldiers.
"You may be Sure"
says the Good Judge
That you are getting full
value for your money
when you use this class of
tobacco.
The good, rich, real to
bacco taste lasts so long,
you don't need a fresh
chew nearly as often nor
do you need so big a chew
as you did with the ordi
nary kind.
Any man who has used the
Real Tobacco Chew will
tell you that.
' Put up in two styles
W-B CUT is a long fine-cut tobacco
RIGHT CUT is a short-cut tobacco
A long s-eries of practical tests, in
which cars of almost every make and
description were used, brought the
United States general land office faco
to face with facts that left room for
only one decision. That decision was
to standardize on Dodge Brothers
motor cars. The land office already
has 34 Dodge Brothers cars in oper
ation, having begun this standardiza
tion a number of months ago. Seven
teen of the 34 are business cars and
the others are special jobs used fo.
heavier hauling. In the future, how
ever, to quote from a letter written by
Franjj M. Johnson, supervisor of sur
veys, "the tendency will be toward
the purchase of the light capacity
(one-half-ton) business car."
Mr Johnson relates an interesting
?tory of the transporation problems
encountered by the land office. He is
heat! of the field work for the Land
Office, which is a division of the de
partment of interior, and his territory
covers the entire United States. Theic
are 13 branch offices, moat of them
in the west, as the chief duty of the
office is the surveying of public lands.
Today most of this work takes the
surveyors into the roughest and most
sparsely settled sections, principally
deserts and mountains. Originally
they used wagons and four-muli-1
teams but as these become incapaci
tated they were supplanted by motor
equipment. And as the present mo
tor equipment ceases to give satis.,
factory service, it is being supplanted
by Dodge Brothers cars. As the work
progresses the territories visited by
the surveyors becomes rougher and it
is necessary to abandon the heavy
equipmen in favor of light but power--ful
and thoroughly reliable cars.
3 s
METHODS OF PREVENTING ?
FOREST FIRES i
Recognizing the value of normal
grazing in tire protection of timber
lands, a study of its application to
national forests, say forest special
ists of the United States department
of agriculture, suggests:
The timely use of present ranges
by the removal of rank vegetation be
fore it becomes unpalatable.
The utilization cf all suitable unus
ed grazing lands by the development
cf water and trails and the elimina
tion or control as rapidly as possible
of all factors which prevent present
use
" The closer consideration of the class
of stock to be grazed where fire pro
tection is involved.
The location of driveways and trails
so as to form the most efficient fire
lines and means of communication.
The overgrazing of stragetic points;
minor damage at such points may re
sult in saving large areas of forest
from destruction by fire.
The study of lightning fires on the
forests with a view to determining
whether lightning! zones exist and the
JiossibiKty of utilizing grazing live
stock to assist in preventing the
spread of fire.
The fuller enlistment of the normal
and active support of some 25,000 ad
ditional persons in the forests on ac
count of grazing uses.
The closer corelation of the livs-
stock industry of the forests with the
fire-protection plans.
MASH AND STILL
FOUND BY SHERIFF
if
Sheriff Wilson and State Agent S.
B. Sandefer got on to a moonshinr.
still yesterday and followed the scent
all night and located a large still this
afternoon uear Milwaukie With it
they found 500 gallons of mash ready
to boil but no liquor. Joe Alasi.i,
owner of the tii!, was arrested anfi
BIG DAYS AT UNIVERSITY MAY 19,
20, 21,tAND 22
UNIVERSITY OP OREGON, Eu
gene, May 9. Junior Week-end at the
Universiay, the big annual event which
students all over the state look for
ward to .will come this year on Mav
19, 0, 21 and 22. The purpose of
Junior Week-end is to establish a.
closer relation between the students
o ft be University of Oregon and high
school students throughout the state.
The program in brief .includes:
Wednesday Preliminaries of state
high school debate contest.
Thursday evening Canoe fete. '
I Friday (Campus day) Underclass
j men tug-cf-war, followed by burning
brought before Judge Perry, of Mil-1 teSt". bagebaU ga"me between Oregon
waukie .where he pleaded guilty and I n . r . pnr.if,v rst tpnn;s
waicn ne
'I here are mdicaticus that the pa
; !.ce of a Ions sr.ffwing and swear
ing public is to b:-. rewarded bv the
improvement of the Pacific highwa '
between fanby and Aurora
Motorists who have for the last two
or ttree years bumped, bounced,
thumped and waddled through lh-
ruts, chuckholes and seas of mud on
their way between the capital and me
tropolis of Oregon nre pleaded to learn
that the state hisrh
has called for proposals to pave this
stretch of road. Bids for the same
will be opened at the next meeting of
the commission. May 26.
In the event an acceptable bid is
obtained, the highway department an
nounces that an earnest effort will
be made to push paving operations ta
the earljsst possible completion.
While paving work is in progress it
is also promised that the old roadbed
will be used as a detour and will be
kept in good "condition. Barring un
expected developments, the Canby
Aurora road will by next September
have been buried with other unpleas
ant memories.
There has been u graat. deal of cri
ticism over""the non-improvement of
this section cf highway.
Some of -the criticism has beea
rightly based in in so f?r as it has
rertained to the maintenance of th-3
old road, but in making the new grado
tnerf. have been certain physical ob
stacles to overcome before a perm
anent roadbed could be established.
In order to eliminate two railroad
crossings at Canby the state highway
department relocated the his-hwa-r be-
rween Canby and the Molalla river.
This relocation encroached o n rail
road property and involved a long and
dilatory negotiation between Clacka
mas county and the Southern Pacific.
A new bridge had to be built across
the Molalla river. This was allowed
to drag also. From Barlow to Au
rora the distance was hortened ma
terially by constructing a new grade
across soft, boggy ground. Before r
this grade could be paved time had to
be gven for the grade to settle and
become stable.
Meanwhile, the old road has not
been kept up while the "buck has
been passed" between the state high
way commission and Clackamas county.
GAS RATES TO
BE CUT; CHEAPER
OIL IS CAUSE
CARNIVAL NETS LEGION"
A GOOD SUM OF MONEY
After the closing up of the carniv
al's, business in this city Saturday ev
ening, the American Legion of this
city is entitled to $187.25 of the net
proceeds. This will go into the fund
for the erection of the memorial build
ing proposed' by the organization to
be built in Oregon City, where the
meetings of the American Legion may
be held. The concessions of the
carnival were not as well patronized
as in former years. This was due
laregly to the inclemency ' of the
weather. Saturday night was the
only time that the carnival was
largely visited.
W. C. T. U. NEWS
BOOKS RECEIVED
1
A large number of books were re
ceived in the office of County School
Superintendent Brenton Vedder for
children in the Oregon Tubercular
hospital. . The book shower was un
der the auspices of the Public Health
association, and aa the children of the
tubercular instittnxon are not allow
ed the privilege of using books from
the libraries it was necessary to start
the shower .which has been success
fully carried on.
The W. C. T. U. will have a cooked
food sale for the benefit of the Wo-n".-n's
rest room in this city Saturday,
May 14. Til -3 Portland Railway Light
& Power conri.-.ny ha1 kindly donated
the, use of ihfa salesroom for the sale,
at Seventh am! lU'-i streets.
The committee in chi.ig ;"of the ale
is composed : Mrs. A. Riutuul, Mrs.
A. M. Seo.i:.i;i. Mrs. A. B I'.alcck,
and Mrs. WY.K-
The member of the W. C. T. U
ara to donan- dainties foi the sale.
With the esu'-'isl.'nent of the rest
room in Oregon City has come a great
convenience- to the visiters to this
city and to others. The room is cosi
ly f;a;sJied and is conveniently locat
ed in the heart of the city in the store
room at the rear of the Jones Drug
company's 6tore. Each member of
the W. C. T. U. jnates her time for
one csy of each month, and a retford
of every visitor is kept in a book. If
any desire to partake of a cup of tea
with lunch brought to the room, ' a
charge of five cents is made by tht
W. C T. U., which is furnished by the
hostess of the day. Tables have ben
provided where the lunch may be en
joyed. .
Saturday, May 7 there were 94 vis
itors at the rest room. Mrs. Eliza
beth Glover was the hostess of the
day. During the past seven days,
not counting Tuesday, 'of this week,
there were 452 .visitors. Two of these
days were Saturdays, there being 94
end 96 on those days.
Other days registered 53, 38, 60, 58
and 53. Among the hostesses for
those days were Mrs. G. R. Braker,
Mrs. Babcock. Mrs. Robinson, Mrs.
W. E. Good, Mrs. Linten. Mrs. Lola
Van Auken, Mrs. Sarah Parker.
A number ol rocking chairs have
been recently presented to the rest
room by unknown parties, and which
are greatly appreciated by the wom
en having charge of the room.
was fined ?2o0 and costs
paid, and was released.
COURT ALLOWS
$10,000 ON TWO .
MARKET ROADS
Two market roads were established
by the county court yesterday, after
a busy all-day session with delegations
from over the county on road proposi
tions One market road, carrying an
appropriation of $3000 is that from
Carver to Barton. This stretch of
road is in bad shape at present, and
in several places the bluft along the
route has slid over the road, blocking
it in several places. Judge Cros3
says that ihe road is one of the mair.
arterfes of the Carver section and that
20 per cent of the Estacada travel
comes over the route, when passable.
The other market road carrying an
appropriation of $5000 is the stretch
starting opposite Butteville and end
ing ' at Wilsonvillei (traveling down
the Willamette river about 7 mill's
via Wiilamette and Stafford. " Thia
will connect with a proposed road tc
be built by Yamhill county and make
a short cut from this city to the Til
lamook coast highway. At present
travelers are competed to go to Port
land, and then back to' hit the highway.
A large delegation from the Spring
water section met with the court yes
terday and asked for an appropriation
of the bond money to build "penetra
tion method" pavement from Bakers
Bridge to Wilsonville, a stretch of
11 miles. The delegation contended
that the road could be paved for xp e
stated $11,000 per mile, as incorporat
ed under the bond issue, and that very
little preliminary work would have to
be" done on the route. The Monitcr
section secured some of the bond mon
ey for penetration method pavemeni
and the Springwater section asked for
the same opportunity. The 14 miles
will cost around $154,000. Tht court,
titer discussing the matter with del
egation nearly all afternoon, handed
down the following decision:
That a meeting be held in Viola
Springwater, Logan and other sections
affected by the road, and if an unani
mous vote was secured on the prop
osition, the money would be forthcom
ing from the bond issue to pave the
route. The Springwater taxpayers
left with that understanding, and from
all indications, they will shortly re
turn with an unanimous vote and se
cure the pavement for the route.
I tournament ;and in the evening tho
J senior class play, "Nothing But the
Truth." at the Eugene theatre.
On Saturday ihe finals of the tennis
tournament wil be played off and
iher-3 will be a second gsme of base
ball with O A. C- At 1 : 30 p. m., on Hay
ward field, the Pacific Coast Confer
ence tract meet will be held, for the
first time at the University.
Another feature of the week-end
will be the first convention for editors
of high school papers under the
auspices of the School of Journalism.
The events of the week-end will bo
filmed and the films wil later be sent
out through the extension division to
various parts of the state.
Miss Hanna Llewelyn passed away i
Thursday, May 5, at the home of her
parents in Beaver Creek, after an
illness of one day. She was the on
ly child of Mr. and Mrs. Sarah Llew
elyn and was born in Plynioth, Pa.
She moved with her parents to
Butte, Mont., in her early childhood,
and graduated from the Portland Bus
iness college in 1891. She imme
diately accepted a position with the
Butte mines, which she retained for
19 years, when she resigned to come
to Beaver Creek to live 'with her
parents. ' ,
MONEY TO LOAN
Farm Loans Ureferred
PAUL C. FISCHER
Beaver Blda Oregon City
la r 1
Prices
Reducing
1 Gradually
on Most
, Lenses and
Mountings
- Your dollar will buy more since
May 1.
Lenses, frames and mountings
of American manufacture have
all been reduced. A few im
ported styles remain the same
as during the last lear.
To give you eye comfort and
satisfaction for the least money
posible is my aim. No matter
how much or how little you pay
if your glasses are not satisfac
tory you run the risk of doing
your eyes an irreparable injury.
Many people over twenty years
of age are paying the penalty of
wearing poorly fitted lenses.
If you are in doubt come to
me. 18 years practical experi
ence at your service.
DR. FREEZE
Eye Specialist
505 Main St. Oregon City
SALEM, Or., May 6. Another re
duction in the price of gas is in sight
for patrons of the Portland Gas &
Coke company.
Users in Portland, Oregon City,. Os
wego, itiresham, Hillsboro and For
est Grove will benefit by the order.
This reduction, the second to-be or
dered by the public service commis
sion in . the l&st &ix weekF, will, aa
was the cue of March 29, be based
on r.nother reduction in the price o?
crude oil. This reduction will amount
to 20 cents a barrel on the price of
oil delivered at the plant of the gas
company at Linnton. While the com
mission will not forecast the effect
of the proposed reduction, it is stat
ed that the reductions will aggregate
approximately $125,000 in the annual
income of the gas company. Th
order providing for the reduction will
be forthcoming at an early date.
In a letter to the Portland Gas
& Coke company Friday morning, tho
commission says:
"The commission is in receipt of
notitication to the effect" that the
Standard Oil company has by reason
of reductions in transportation costs
arranged to make deliveries of crude
oil to your tanks at the gas company
plant near Linnton at the price of
$2.35, a reduction of 20 cents per
barrel.
"ThP commission appreciates that
Four oil supply must be purchased in
tanker load lots and that you must
maintain a sufficient reserve of c":de
oil tc avoid a shutdown of the plant
due to contingencies of delivery, and
Chairman Fred A. Williams will be in
Portland Fr.iday morning, May 6, tov
supervise in connection with our gas
expert the measurement of the vol
ume on hand and which has been pur
chased at the old price of $2.55 per
barrel that we may ascertain the
date on which such reductions in gas
rates are ordered by this commission
may equitably become effective."
'The original order in the matter
of the application of the Portland Gas
& Coke company for authority to in
crease rates had in consideration the
possible future lowering of oil costs
and therefore, under stipulation en
tered in the records, we reserved the
right, upon 10 days' notice to the-util-ity
and others, to make such modifi
cation and revision in the rates as
might be proper in the premises. Re
ductions prescribed in our order No.
696, issueft the 29th day of March,
were in conformity with this stipula
tion and this is to advise that we
expect to again reduce the price of
gas to consumers in such amount as
will conform to the lowered cost ot
crude c-,
'An order embodying-such provis
ions will be forthcoming at an early
date."
Jury Disagrees
. Over Verdict In
- Fish Case Friday
A jury in the justice court 'yester
day afternoon was dismissed after it
had 'disagree over a verdict in tie
case of Everett Richardson, accused
of fishing in the Willamette river
here with a net set out of season.
Wardens Brown and Stuart arrested
Richardson a few days ago. The jury
was composed of H. W. Cooke, A. El
Estes, F. B. Shoenborn, G. Hollowel,
C. F .Baker and J- W. Moffitt.